Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft 365 applications are available through your Microsoft 365 account in your browser, but you can also download and install the suite of applications on your desktop or mobile device through your University Microsoft 365 account. You will use Microsoft Teams frequently during your studies, so please also download and install this application.

Download

1. Navigate to your Microsoft 365 account through the Microsoft 365 portal.
2. Log into your account
3. Click ‘Apps’
4. Click ‘Install apps’.
5. Pick ‘Microsoft 365 apps’

You can install Microsoft 365 apps on up to five computers (Windows or Mac) and up to five mobile devices (iOS or Android) and you can use it for as long as you are working or studying at Cardiff University Kazakhstan.

The assigned devices under your subscriptions can be managed from the ‘My account’ section of your University Microsoft 365 account.

Office for Android and iOS devices can be downloaded from Google Play and the App Store respectively, you can then sign in with your University Microsoft 365 account.

You can manage your allocation of devices by selecting ‘Apps & devices’ from within your portal.

Language

You can change the language settings on all of the Microsoft 365 Web Applications by clicking in your profile picture (or initials) > View Account > View Settings & Privacy > Preferred languages > Add language, or by going directly to the Language section in your account settings.

The language setting you set in My Settings may not carry over to the web applications. You will need to set the language in File > Options in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/OneNote Web versions.

Features

Before installing

The Microsoft 365 desktop suite does not get on with some other Microsoft products such as Project and Visio that were installed in the traditional method (i.e. by disk).

• If you have Visio/Project you must install them first before continuing, during the installation if any incompatibility is found you will be informed of this and the actions required to undertake.
• If you install Visio/Project after the Microsoft Apps, you may need to reinstall the apps from the Microsoft Office website to be able to activate the suite.

Microsoft Teams applications

You will use Microsoft Teams frequently during your studies, and this is available through your Microsoft 365 account in your browser. To access some of the advanced features and for a better experience, you can also download and install the application on your desktop or mobile device.

For desktop devices:

1. In your web browser, navigate to the Microsoft Teams download page
2. Click Download Microsoft Teams for Windows/Mac
3. Once the application is downloaded and installed, sign in to your account

For mobile devices:

1. Open the Google Play store or Apple App store as appropriate on your mobile device
2. In the app store, search for Microsoft Teams
3. Once the app is downloaded and installed, sign in to your account